Bleed first, diagnose later — hypovolaemic and haemorrhagic shock

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This is one MedVellum formative structured clinical encounter. The scoring, prompts and performance descriptions are educational feedback tools. They are not an official college station, timing, mark allocation, pass score or reproduced examination format. The encounter assesses first-impression recognition of haemorrhagic shock, leadership of the primary survey, bleeding control, activation of the paediatric massive transfusion protocol, tranexamic acid dosing and timing, prevention of the lethal triad, damage control resuscitation, early surgical and retrieval escalation, communication, safeguarding in parallel, and structured handover. [1] [5]